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Gigi Rodriguez-Giangiobbe's avatar

Awesome! I live in Portland near Mount Tabor. There is a house with a banana plant similar to yours that I see and always wondered, "how in the hell does that plant survive the winters here!?" I wonder if they do similar prep every winter.

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Jon Kime's avatar

We have a serious grove of banana plants here in Olympia. They get huge every summer. They love water and nitrogen. Deer and bugs won't eat them for some reason. As you mentioned, cutting them back after the first frost is a job.

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Thalia Toha's avatar

Logan- That’s brave to try to cut the banana tree. I love this post. It really makes me think of home.

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Alan Shaw's avatar

What’s the rationale for cutting it

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

Reminds me of my childhood in the philippines

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